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Corner Pocket

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch54°
Vertical398 ft
Length636 ft
Average pitch40°
FacesNW
Top5,887 ft

Corner Pocket drops 398 vertical feet over 636 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 54° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northwest.

How well Corner Pocket holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 40°, Corner Pocket gets about 30% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,890 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Corner Pocket profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Fernie

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.